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BBC To Ditch "Tomorrow's World"

Posted by Hemos on from the replacing-the-past-with-tomorrow dept.

Pipsicola writes "The BBC news site reports their decision to ditch the Popular science show, Tomorrows World , after 30 years. It may not have had the most bleeding edge content (we often dubbed it 'Yesterdays World' ...), but it was one of the few programmes which fired the imagination of young British nerds. Several generations of Britain's scientists and technologists grew up watching TM. Lets hope the BBC fulfills its promise to replace it with more science-based shows using a different format. Which formats have worked in other countries I wonder?"

3 of 225 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Beyond 2000 by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Interesting

    TechTV seems to think Beyond 2000 makes a suitable replacement for Tomorrow's World on their lineup. Presently, the two shows are taking turns aring in the 8:30pm ET weeknight slot on the network.

    However, for some strange reason TechTV is starting with the 1997 episodes of Beyond 2000, even though the show is still in first-run production. Not yet clear what will happen when TechTV reaches the end of the 1997 episodes.

  2. Why Tomorrow's World sucked.. by wackybrit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You're so right.

    They had some real crap on Tomorrow's World simply so it'd appeal to Joe Sixpack and five year olds.. both of who WEREN'T THE MAIN GROUPS WHO WATCHED THE SHOW!!

    Tommorrow's World would spend tons of time looking at stupid inventions like quicker ways to open tin cans, or 'Young Innovators' fairs where 8 year olds would invent automatic dog food dispensers.

    Instead of focusing on such jevenile crap they should have focused on cool widgets, technologies that could change the world, and things of some importance to science, rather than things which make it easier to do the washing up.

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    mogorific carpentry experiments
  3. Re:Connections by Phil+Wilkins · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Absolutely amazing program. All three series of Connections are still available on VHS, and the first on is available on DVD.

    http://www.documentary-video.com/ShowSubject.cfm?s id=22

    I treated myself to the DVDs last year, and they're every bit as good as I remembered, and not that dated (since they're mostly dealing with the history of technology). Well, apart from his suit...